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From: paver@mcc-db.UUCP (Bob Paver)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Is cable TV worthwhile?
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 13:33:15 EDT
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> What do you think?  Is cable TV still worth what you're paying for it?
> 
> The premium channels hold less and less interest for me as they rerun
> movies I saw on cable last year or the year before, while the
> "first-run" movies are usually two to seven years old and are available
> sooner at any of the 200 video stores within a block of my home.  When
> it cost $3.50 a month for HBO and $5.00 a night to rent a tape, HBO
> made a lot more sense than at $10.00 a month versus $2.00 a night.

   Truer words were never spoken.  The cable offerings have to either
   get a whole bunch better or a whole bunch cheaper.